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ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Data mining optimizes pro duction processes, giving decision-makers mo re transparency Zeitsprung, a company which provides new techn ologies for process optimization TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - PROCESS OPTIMIZATION - NEWS AND INFORMATION 2 Dr. Hans Härtl, General Manager and Head of Development at Zeitsprung Intelligente Prozesse GmbH Personal details: Hans Härtl was born in Tirschenreuth on 30.8.1956. Marital status: married, 1 child. After attending primary and secondary school in Tirschenreuth, Hans Härtl began studying mathematics (subsidiary subject: physics) at the University of Bayreuth. He graduated in 1984. He then founded the company known as ASIBA GmbH (head-office now in Regensburg), with financial assistance from the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, based on an application for a patent. The company develops software products and distributes hardware for the field of graphics. Sale of company shares, move to the University of Karlsruhe where he studied for a doctorate in informatics (1986 to 1991). From 1992 until 2006 worked with Schott AG: first of all with Schott Rohrglas in Mitterteich, then from 2003 with Schott Glaswerke in Mainz where he founded a department specializing in "Industrial IT". In charge of process-oriented IT systems throughout the whole concern. Founding of the company known as Zeitsprung GmbH & Co. KG in May 2006, with its head-office in Tirschenreuth. Aim of the company: product development and services in the field of process- and production-oriented IT ("Manufacturing Intelligence Software"), with special reference to small and medium-sized enterprises. Continuing close co-operation with Schott AG. Hobbies are photography and cycling in summer; in winter snowboarding. C General Manager, Dr. Hans Härtl, and Andreas Ackermann, Development Manager, analysing technical manufacturing processes. omplex production technologies, in which a large number of interactive physical and technical parameters have a decisive influence on the success or failure of a product, on its quality or on its profitability in general, often create great problems for technicians, managers or company directors in relation to assessing the success of a project and making decisions. The newly founded company known as "Zeitsprung Intelligente Prozesse" in Tirschenreuth / Lohnsitz, in which SCHERDEL GmbH holds an interest, provides a new type of software technology which represents a decisive step forward in the analysis of technical manufacturing processes and their optimization. The aim is to minimize productivity losses, to enhance quality and to optimize all processes in relation to cost. Here, Zeitsprung - Intelligente Prozesse GmbH & Co. KG makes a decisive contribution to the safeguarding of production locations. The General Manager and Head of Development, Dr. Hans Härtl, is convinced that in the future, for the first time, his new technology will provide the management too with a detailed insight into technical processes from the businessman's point of view. Zeitsprung GmbH & Co. KG focuses on the cost-effective use of advanced technologies in the field of knowledge processing. The object of this "data mining" is to provide a clear presentation of production processes which will help to enhance process stability for the customer. Diagram of a production process taking business aspects into consideration. The aim is to pinpoint the influential factors, to weight them, and on this basis to determine the parameters which provide the best production results. On this "information platform", technical processes – in metal working, for example – can be imaged and in this way clearly represented, analysed and optimized. It is thus possible to combine extremely compact process operations, even in the real-time range – for example, force curves in relation to an automatic punching machine – with product information such as materials used, supplier, batch etc. Until now, combining these different data fields required an immense expenditure of time and effort. The new method means that technical processes can be depicted with hitherto unequalled resolution and transparency. The effect can be compared to that of the new generation of camera CCDs in digital photography. The additional information thus obtained can be used directly to increase efficiency. "Traditional" process indices (e.g. Overall Equipment Efficiency indices for yield or efficiency) are like the cockpit of a vehicle – they provide basic data concerning the efficiency of a production process and are a prerequisite for reliable operation. The recording and documentation of such data is therefore important. However, this data does not help us to decide about the direction of travel. For this we need the kind of "navigation system" which is provided by the Zeitsprung technology and which contains the directional information required for intelligent route planning. The strategies thus evolved help us to reach our destination more efficiently: by indicating the shortest distance, for example, and the shortest time; by avoiding problematic roadworks or production stoppages, as in the case of "traffic hold-ups"; or by showing us how to make a "dynamic detour" round technical problems. The appropriate evaluation of a production process on a Zeitsprung Data Warehouse is thus equivalent to the use of a navigation system in a complex arrangement of routes and variants, in order to reach our destination more quickly. Here, the storage of compressed process parameters provided by Zeitsprung symbolizes "map material" for possible ways of proceeding. Here, as in the case of electronic maps, the "routes" which a process has actually travelled are recorded automatically and divided up into appropriate stages. These then provide the basic information for decision-making. The Zeitsprung technology has already proved successful in industrial production processes – in the glass industry, for example – and has achieved an immense increase in efficiency coupled with an optimization of cost. This provides the newly founded company with a solid base as demonstrated by the orders already extending well into the coming year. (Dietmar Kiermaier) Like a route planner, the technology provided by Zeitsprung makes it possible to decide how the speed, cost-effectiveness and quality of production processes can be optimized. Traditional process indices provide basic data concerning the efficiency of a production process – like the cockpit of a vehicle. For more information contact: Zeitsprung - Intelligente Prozesse GmbH c/o Herr Dr. Hans Härtl Lohnsitz 5 95643 Tirschenreuth Phone 09631/6005986 Fax 09631/600846 www.z-ip.de info@z-ip.de 3 TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - PROCESS OPTIMIZATION - NEWS AND INFORMATION
COMPANY NEWS TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - PROCESS OPTIMIZATION - NEWS AND INFORMATION Staff profile We'd like to introduce staff members to you who will act as your contact if required. Jérôme Quet Application technology engineer Jérôme Quet was born on 07.05. 1976 and has been working with SCHERDEL in Beauvais since June 2004. In addition to assisting with the diversification of the range of products, he is mainly involved in the development of new process technologies at the location in Beauvais. This also includes product development with the appropriate industrialization and the realization of improvement methods (5S etc.) with project handling (APQP). As application technology engineer he is also involved in the control and monitoring of plans for measures relating to production equipment and investments, and therefore has a decisive influence on rationalization measures and the reorganization of production divisions. Mr Quet is unmarried but lives in a domestic partnership. His hobbies are music (he is a keen drummer), swimming and mountain biking. In addition to playing badminton in a club he is also interested in the cinema and do-ityourself activities. New ultrasonic cleaning installation in Beauvais Record level in cleanliness requirements I n order to satisfy the increasing customer demands in relation to the quality and cleanliness of technically sophisticated components, the SCHERDEL subsidiary, Herckelbout Dawson, has invested in a new cleaning installation at their location in Beauvais, France. The components are treated by an ultrasonic process and also with a detergent. This state-ofthe-art installation has a special monitoring system permitting traceability of the components. Defective products can be reliably identified during the production process, thus avoiding problems with the customer. Cleanliness is a top priority: The new installation in Beauvais operates under clean-room conditions. The new cleaning installation was developed in co-operation with the Fisa Group, which has been making a name for itself since 1981 with the manufacture of ultrasonic cleaning machines for the automotive, aircraft and electronics industry, for the manufacturers of optical appliances and for medical engineering. The cleaning installation consists of a water-treatment facility, a turning unit, digital weighing scales, two ultrasonic rinsing units (type 1 and 2), a drying oven, various secondary-treatment stages and a welding unit for packaging bags, as well as the special monitoring software. In order to avoid soiling from external sources, "clean-room" conditions were created: All the technical equipment is enclosed in a kind of cabin and the staff wear overalls and a head-covering. the composition of its mineral salts plays a crucial part with regard to the trouble-free operation of the cleaning installation. A water-treatment facility, adapted to suit the existing tap-water, has therefore been integrated. This provides optimum conditions for co-ordinating the following factors in the baths: water hardness, pH-value and concentration of detergent. Additional important parameters are composition of materials, temperature and duration of treatment, and ultrasonic frequency setting. Thanks to the experience which has already been gained here, optimum settings can be selected for any type of spring. This also means that the exchange of fluid required in the installation can be minimized – a valuable contribution to the protection of the environment. The following example shows the outstanding results achieved: Customer requirements in relation to cleanliness: • 4.00 milligrams of dirt particles per packaging unit / 10 springs • former D6 installation using ultrasonics: 2.42 milligrams of dirt particles per packaging unit / 10 springs • new ultrasonic cleaning installation: 0.52 milligrams of dirt particles per packaging unit / 10 springs As the example shows, the customers' cleanliness requirements are exceeded by far. The investment made here is in line with the standards of the SCHERDEL Group in relation to innovation and quality. It guarantees that the requirements for ISO 14001 certification, which the Beauvais factory has had since December 2003, will continue to be met in the future. (J. Quet / D. Kiermaier) 4 The quality of the water in relation to
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